Boat Capsized Narrow Escape From Drowning SYDNEY
Bruce Carroll (15) and Corrie Sanlen (13) narrowly escaped drowning when the 12 ft boat they were sailing on Sydney harbour capsized…
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Girl Injured Careless Stone-throwing
In the town swimming pool on the Williams River on Sunday afternoon, a 17-year-old girl, Dorothy Hain, was severely injured when struck on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Strikes Tree Three Sisters Injured COWRA
When a motor car struck a tree on the Main Highway near Lyndhurst, three sisters were injured. They were Mary, Monica and Kathleen…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fell at Work Injured at the Mines CESSNOCK
Jack Kerrin, 23, of Allandale-road, Cessnock, a loco driver, employed at Elrington colliery, fell while at work to-day, and received a probable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Death of 'Peter' Christy Fatal Motor Accident Near Wyong
Quite a gloom has been cast over Cessnock by the tragic and untimely death of Mr. Arthur Alfred Howe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Colliery Accidents
William Tong, 49, a miner, residing at 26 Cessnock-street, Aberdare, received an injury to his left elbow and injury to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"The Muswellbrook Chronicle" TUESDAY, 30th JANUARY, 1940. Fatal Accident. Mr. W. Teasdale Killed
Following an accident in the Lithgow district yesterday, the death took place of Mr. William Teasdale, at the age of 29 years…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miner Injured
Joseph Lorriman, 49, of Aberdare, miner, employed at Elrington colliery, was struck by a fall of stone, and received abrasions to the left should…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Collision on Hume Highway Peakhurst Woman Killed. Sydney
When two cars collided on the Hume Highway at Picton late last night, Mrs Myrtle Thefs, a resident of Peakhurst, was killed and four…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bottle Thrown From Train Two Boys Injured
Someone in the 12.53 train from Sydney to Gosford on Saturday hurled a beer bottle from a carriage window as the train was between…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trains Collide While Shunting Two Men Injured at Wyong
Two passengers were hurt, one seriously, and numbers of others badly shaken when two railway trains collided during shunting operations at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →“Thrrific Pace” Militia Man for Trial Car Fatality Sydney
At an inquest concerning the death of Mervyn George Russell, 35, on New Vear’s Day, as the result of a motor accident, the City…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Pilot Injured Struck by Propeller Of Plane BUNDABERG
When he was struck by the propeller of a plane at Bnndaberg aerodrome last night, Boy Bailey, 27, married, a pilot of Newcastle Aero…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Woman’s Death Follows Car Accident TENTERFIELD
At Tenterfield Prince Albert Memorial Hospital, Mrs. Dorothy Slater, was involved in a motor car accident the previous afternoon, died as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sugarloaf Fatality Death Was Accidental
The Coroner, Mr. C. J. Moore, held an inquiry into the death of Mr. F. Windsor following a recent car accident on the Sugarloaf. A verdict that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned When Dinghy Overturned
When a dinghy overturned on Wednesday, Leslie Raymond Dooley, 30, of Avondale-avenue, Chelsea (Vic.) was drowned at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Girl Drowned in Waterhole Companion Saved Sister
Lilian Ruth Ridgewell, 10, was drowned at Stormer's Ridge, near Amosfield, 40 miles from Tenterfield, on Wednesday afternoon. She was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →R.A.F. FATALITY (“Mercury” Serviced) LONDON, Feb. 1
An R.A.F. bomber crashed into mountain near Cushendall in County Antrim, and the crew of tour we killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident. Ex-denman Resident
The death occurred in a Sydney hospital on Wednesday night last of Mrs. Irene Maude Bogan, wife of Mr. Bert. Bogan, of Wollahra, and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spider Causes Car Accident Woman in Serious Condition SYDNEY
A spider cra[?]lious on, door of the car was responsible for an accident on the western roar, Week worthville…
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